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The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1887-09-15
rnE STATE DERr.

Gov. Lowry IN his speech at Hol-
" Springs reiterates his statement
charging that forty-six counties of
this State are paupers and deseapts
largely upon the tables made for
campaign purposes bv two expert
clerks in the Auditors Office.
These tables, be gravely informs
the public, are the result Of two
weeks hard labor on the part Of
the clerks engaged in the work.
II is not surprising that gentlemen
bent on mystiying and deoeiving
the public should devote much
time and trouble to accomplish that
end, but it is astonishing that the
highest officer in the State would
resort to such a subterfuge to cover
up the real facts in the case, and
that any number Of the people
would be satisfied with such falla-
cious argument, when the truth can
be so easily detected.
In order to a perfect understand
ing Of the public debt, we will
state, that the total debt is divided
into two parts, non payable and
a payable debt The non payable
debt embraces the Chickasaw
school. the Common school, the
Seminary and the Agricultural
land Scrip funds, which are held
in trust by the State and on which
a stated interest is paid annually.
The principle is never to be paid.
The payable debt is that which is
due and must be paid, whenever
the Treasurer gets the money.
There are then but two questions
to be asked and answered in order
that any intelligent taxpayer may
learn the true status Of our State
finances:
lst. Has the state debt increased
under the administration Of Gov,
Lowry
End. Has that increase been
caused by falling of of the re.
ceipts or by an increase in the ex.
pendituresY
From the sworn reports of the
Treasurer, who is the disbursine
officer of the State, We may find ar
answer to the lst question by com
pairing the condition of the Stat,
debt under the administrations o.
Ames, Stone and Lowry.
On the lst day Of January, 1876
Col. Hemingway, then and nov
State Treasurer, reports to his Ex
celleney, A. Ames, Governor o
Mississippi:
The total non-paya
bic debt at S1,830,29l.3 .3'
To this should be
added the Seminary
fund, which was made
a fixed amount after
I this date 544.06l2'
, Total non-payable
! debt Jan. lst, 1876 S2,374,352.6
Payable debt due
Jan. ist, 1876 LOAF, 1000.
Total State debt less
: cash in treasury
, (s524, ,8ss.Gs) Jan. ],
1876, s8,42l, 76l6l
On the lst day of
Jan, 1882, Col. Hemingway re
ports to Gov. Stone:
The total non-pay-
able debt less insur-
ance deposits to be s2,3G2. .206. ii
! And the total paya-
bic debt, 322, ISL.
Total State debt,
less cash in treasury
; (s545, ,l06.2S) Jan. 1st,
1882, s2,6s4,62l.sS
: On the lst day ofJanuary, 1885
Col. Hemingway reports to Gov
Lowry:
The total non-paya-
bic debt including Ag-
: ricultural land scrip s2,895, 526.6'
And the total paya-
bic debt at TI3, 165.9'
Total State debt
less cash in treasury
fs7. .46070) Jan. 1st.,
HH
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1887-09-15

That the reader may fully nm
derstand what IN. B. c." was en-
gagged in aud who be thought was
"scared" we append hereto, "Dear
JOe's" response;
Brother Mace:
/ saw the Governor about the
Commissioners. He said for us to
toward our names. / told about the
ones mentioned. Phil Mcintosh is
not the man you want. Go to
Houston TOMORROW; get Mr.. NJ. K
Glider, who is your Executive
Committeeman, 10 60; provided be
will sign for us. The Ex. Com
mittee meets tomorrow. / gOi
about 20 names on our petition,
will get more. will bring the pc
tition TO Houston, or send by
Flynn. I IW
]. A. MoARTHER.
P. S-Be sure to be at Houston
yourself guess B. feels kind Z
left.
We have some other specimen
Of a rich, rare and racy character
which we may publish in the swee
hvva and bx,a
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1887-09-15

Democrats Of Chickssaw, what
do you think OF the buddy-in-law
party?
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1887-09-15

Governor until April last, we now
have the reports to July lst, 1881,
and these show the permanent or
non-payablo debt on July lst. 81,
according TO the Clarion, to be
s2.4O6, ,69s.60
And the payable debt l,lSs,9ls.72
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1887-09-15

Making the total
State debt July lst,
1887, sS,545,6l7.32
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1887-09-15
EXPENDITURES.

Has the increase IN the ptate
debt been caused by falling of
Of the revenue or by an increase
in expenditures? This question is
answered by the above figures,
which cannot be shaken by a com
parlson Of State tax levies, or by
pauper county argument.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1887-09-15

Total State debt
less cash in treasury
(s7. .460.70) Jan. 1st.,
1856, Salts, ,698.61
BY the requirements Of an Act
introduced BY this writer, which
passed both Houses Of the Legisla-
ture and which was held BY the
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1887-09-15
For Constable.

Okolona Dist.-A. N. Griffin,
Egypt Dist.-R. B. Gates.
lst Dist.-A. J. Turman.
2nd Dlst.-Joshua Green,
4th Dist--W. n. Gam.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09
ould stay away from church until neg,

could stay away from church until next
fall, when he would get in his crop and
pay his debts. He was PERMITTED to
keep the clothes but was not to wear
them out. and was made to understand
that they were liable to execution in
case he failed to meet his agreement.
Another deed Of trust recorded was for
three chickens. They were all the inn
pecunious farmer had, and, as security
of some kind was demanded, the
chickens were put on paper. Numer-
ons instances are on record where
mules, cows, pigs, sewing machines,
and even baby carriages have been
pledged by small planters who applied
for credit Most of these are negroes,
butsquite = number Of white men have
obtained temporary relief from poverty
by mortgaging property Of the descrip-
ton given. Mule mortgages are byfar
The most common however; next to
mules, sewing machines are acceptable
to the merchants, who either through
avarice or fear of being swindled COM
pei their debtors to give deeds of trusts
on articles which in many cases are
valueless. Vacksbugg Herald.
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Jokelets.

Two little boys were discussing the
strength of a bee. s.He can't pn.
more'n a fly said one of them
"Well,' said the other, II dunno how
much he can pull, but when he backs
up to you and pushes, I guess you'll
fall back every time.''
what a good thing it would be if
men were angels!" said one young
lady to another. .Well, my dear, all
those who made love to me were. y
"How sou eagerly asked the former.
why, because they have all fown!'
Lovely weather, isn't itp" said one
hotel man to another. on Wednesday.
Brings everything out of the ground
blooming" '.Great Scott!' said the
other, Il hope not, for my chief
creditors are buried
A musical critic being told that a
certain worn-out opera singer was sing
ing with great success at Mexico, re
joined: ..Well, I'm very glad to here
that he is again singing-in Mexico y
.sAhr' said old Uncle Bunkum, as he
took his little nephew on his knee
"he's got his mothers eyes-and my
hairr' The little cherub had grasped
him by the foretop.
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New York Churches.

=,
- q = = - 'i1's e1olilalh. ior. q
town supposed to be mortgaged to his
Majesty down below, has good deal
of money invested in churches The
49, ,, aco 600 ooo
eIa z g Gl1 goo,ooo, =, ~ - ye =
~ s.n - W = soii .iiao 81 slns
splopelsy = eAellps, lioln oaAes' u :, y
pulo ies silaie - 1ne ea y spirden IKE
#oslel properly us conCrlDu1lon 70 Ihe
oles re,S'.ie Woaiel .,ff apo9e a I,
. yeai. iflhity cnurcll neaus Tue ilst
= ea oo VI va aaue' me cures On u pc
~ po,ooo'oog =, !, ne hoindn oalnollc
90 600 onn III asenue eoanes ns az
a. YA'ooo'oo ~ LILLY - aclu'lny Woit =,
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The Stomach Distils Acids.

These, if existent in natural quantity,
and unyitiated by bile, play their part in
the functions of digestion and assimilation
But the artificial acid resulting from the
inability of the stomach to convert food re-
ceived by it into sustenance, is the producer
of fatulence and heartburn, which are the
most harrassing symptoms of dyspepsia
The best carminative is Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters Far more effective is it than car
Donate of soda, magnesia or other alkaline
salts. These invariably weaken the stomach
without producing permanent benefit. No
man OF woman chronically dyspeptic, and
consequently nervous, can be in possession
of the full measure of vigor allowed by
nature. Therefore, invigorate and regulate
the system, and by SO doing protect it from
maladies. ...
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Arthur's First Earning.

When he was President, Gen. Arthur
told one of his friends that The first
money he ever earned was the sum OF
$50 OF $25, which was paid him for !,
biography of a temperance lecturer
living at Lansingburg. He was at
that time a student at Union College.
The work was issued as a pamphlet,
hut Gen Arthur had forgotten the name
of the man whose life he had written.
Some interest in the subject having
been taken by the Troy Budget, the
fact has just come to light chat the
mans name was Hamilton.
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A True Story

Mode Nerve Food has proved to be the
most remarkable remedy, for nervous, ex-
hausted, tired-out, over-worked people ever
discovered. It gives relief at once with no
reaction; it will beyond doubt Stop the
Liquor Appetite and has created more ex-
than all other discoveries combined, has
cured paralysis caused by nervous exhaus-
ton. Favored into most delicious drink
ready for use, try it,
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Queer Deeds of Trust.

Tuesday Deputy Clerk Henry HARDY
was requested to put on record q deed
Of trust inwhich a small farmer pledged
his best suit of clothes to the merchans
who was to provide him with som.
needed provisions. The farmer regret
fully stated that he had been compelled
by the city merchant to furnish security
He had an old suit and thought h..
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09

July, 1881, wrote Thos. P. Gloster,
Holyoke, Mass, s.In three days cured
an abcess on my arm with st. Jacobs
Oil.n October 20, 1886, he says: ..Was
entirely cured of the terrible suffering
by it. . Price fifty cents.
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The Splendor of Dress.

and the artificial effects of cosm stics, no
matter how deftly applied, can never make
beautiful or attractive one who is subject to
emaciation, nervous debility, or any form
of female weakness. These must be reached
by inward application and not by outward
attempts at concealment, and the ladies
may take hope from the fact that thousands
of their sisters have made themselves mora
radiant and beautiful by the use Of Dr..
Pierce's ''Favorite Prescription' than they
could ever hope to do by the aid Of the ap-
pliances of the toilet
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Reduced to a Skeleton by Disease and Re-
stored to Health with Dr.. Par
dee's Remedy.
Wilson, Niagara Co, N. Y.

Wilson, Niagara Co., N. Y.
GENTLEMEN In April, 1885, I was
Frustrated by severe attack of inHam-
matory rheumatism and was confined to
my bed four months. was attended by
the best medical skill, but rapidly grew
worse until I was reduced to mere
skeleton. "
The disease had gone to my lungs and
to the region of my heart and was finally
givon up by the physicians, who said l
could live but few hours at most, and
that all they could do was to make me as
easy as possible by killing the pain by
frequent injections of morphine. T was
finally advised by a friend to take DR..
Pardee's Rheumatic Remedy. Upon being
asked as to giving it to me, the physician
said II have no faith in patent medicines,
but give it to him: it will not hurt him."
Twas then so near dead that my limbs
sation began to creep over my body, and
suffered with great pain in my chest and
about my heart. After had taken the first
few doses I experienced more pain than be-
fore, for it seemed to drive the pain from the
vital parts toward the extrenlities. l con-
tinued to take it according to directions.
Four days after, the physician who gave me
up called to see me, and said I was much
better. In about four weeks could sit up;
then gained very fast and became as well
as ever. CHAS. O. BARNUM.
Brother of D. c. Barnum, Attorney, 1875
Powers Block, Rochester, to whom persons
can refer.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09

After all the arguments about cheapness
and quality it appears that DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup is the best remedy for the cure Of
coughs and colds ever offered to the pub
every druggist in the land sells and recon-
mends it. 8
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# Wheat--a quantity euual to one-th1ru

of Wheat--a quantity equal to one-thlru
of the entire crop OF the State in 1885.
The whole Sacrament Valley promises an
enormous yield. Onthe eastside the San
Joaquin the outlook is also most favor
able. On portions of the west side, and
n Southern California, and some of the
southern coast counties comparatively
little grain has been sown this season
owing to the lateness of rains in those
distincts. But those localities have not
usually contributed much to the cereal
sack. The fruit crop is every where
promising, and may be double that
3 of the last season. Hops also bid fair
to yield well, No spring ever opened
more auspiciously for California.-Sac-
7,Qnaemto Bee.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09

A. G. White, Agent, D. & T. R. r..
Zenia, Ohio, writes; 'sRed Star Cough
Cure is most efficient remedy fol
bronchitis; the first dose relieved me-
Price twenty five cents.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09

Ask for DR.. Pardee's Remedy, and take
no other, If your druggist does not keep it,
and refuses to getit for you, write to us, and
we will send you Six Bottles for S., or One
Bottle Free.
Address, PARDEE MEDICINE Co,
" ROCHESTER,. N, Y.
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Fits: All Fits stopped free by DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first
days use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and
$sOO trial bottle free to Fit cases. Send t.
DR.. Kline, 9Sl Arch st. Phila-, Pa.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09

1t isn't necessary to serve term in the
house of correction in order to be good,
proof-reader.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09

The cleansing, antiseptic and healing quail
tiles Of Dr.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy are I'M
equalled.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09

A girl may be like sugar for two reasons:
She may be sweet and she may be full of
grit.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09

When man is referred to as having lost
ais heart, it i. perfectly right to call him q
heartless fellow. q.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09

Atypesetter is not necessarily i'll when he
complains of being tout of sorts.''
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09

No true musician will verbally ask girl
to marry him. He will propose by note.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09

A poet begins an effusion: sOne of my
boyish musings" Of course his verses are
wholly amusing.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09

Il afflicted with sore eyes, use Dr.. Isaac
Ihompson's eye water. Druggists sell IL
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09

What is the best way to manage a
manN' asks feminine correspondent. Mar
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09

I 100s so much troubled
aoith cGtarTh it seriously
affected mig ooice.. One
bottle Of Ezy's Cream
Balm did the a0ork Mg
UOice is fully reStored-
B. F. Liepsner, A. A.,
Pastor Of the OIiyet .Bap-
fist Church, PhilG., Pa.
For eight gears Ihaua
been q sufferer from ca.
tarrh. after using Ely's
Cream Balm for sta
aoeeks I believe myself
cured. IL is q most
agreeable remedy 10
seph Ste,1art, ga Grand
Are, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Ia0as cured 6y Ely's
Cream Balm; aoas T0u-
bled Nth chronic cdtdrrh
gathering in my head,
difficulty in breathing
and discharges from my
Grs.-C H. C,rbin, 923
Chestnut St. PhiLl.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09

a Tennessee astronomer has discovered q
comet without a head, but thereby hangs
rail
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09

No 0pism in Piso's Cure for Consumption
5ures where other remedies fail Csc.
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Lolita is now worth over a million dollars.
Phew! That's Lolita money for so little a
woman
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09

'sWhy do you wait to be married." asks
a journal. You will have to ask the girl
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09

w. Baby w. -, W s.vs Il. oa..rsA
WHEN abe was Child, shs cried for C..tor,a
Whsn shs became Ai.s, she clung to CastoriA.
- abe had Chilassa. shs savs thsn Casssrsa.
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Something New

and most important. Hallett & Co., Portland
Maine, can furnish you work that you can
90 at great profit and live at home,
wherever you are located. Either sex; all
ages. Asa P. Rand, Westboro, Mass,
writes us that he made $50 profit in single
day. Every worker can make from S.
to $25, and upwards per day. All is new.
Capital not required; you are started free.
Full particulars Free Send your address at
once.
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The SUCCESSFUL REMEDY FOR
.ATAPRH

IhoUe used Ely'sC Cream
Balm and consider n.y.
self cured. I suffered 90
gears from cGtdrrh and
catarrhal heGddcbe, Dc
this is the first remedy
that Afforded lasting re-
Hef-D. T. Hgginson,
145 Lake 81. Chicago.
For Is gears I ,oas an
noyed aoith catarrh, Sc
0ere pain in ney head, dis
charges into my throat
and unpleasant breuth.
by sense Of smell aoas
much impaired. I hare
Orerc0Dze these troubles
lcith treGTo Balm. j
B. Case. ST. Denis H0-
tel, Bro0d,0ay, n. 7.
IhGUe been q great sUE
farer from dry catasrh
for many gears. Ely's
Cream Balm completely
cured Dle.-A. j. Lally,
80 W0Oda1dTd AUenue,
Boston. Mass
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09
CALIFORNIA CROP PRospEcTs.

The latest crop reports are of
the most gratifying character.
The prospect for grain was
never better. Closusa County alone
~psots to haryast 10000, 600 bushels
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-04-09

BUYING FEED.
Nearly every farmer is buying feeds.
We are now buying back the fertility
we used to sell in the wheat, says Profs.
Henry in Hoard's Dairymen. Dakota
and Minnesota in the raising and mar
keting OF wheat are selling the life OF
the soil. In buying the bran we are
getting the greater part of the fertiliz-
ing element that goes into the grain.
In it are the phosphorus, potash and
nitrogen. In taking the feed our west
ern neighbors put upon the market we
are committing no robbery, for they
are bound to dispose of it. But we can
utilize this feed in a two-fold way.
Feed it to the COWS and get the value
OF 1t in butter and cheese, and you will
still have left in the manure rs per cent
OF fertilizing material. It pays to save
all our fertilizers. Unless we do we
must soon follow the example Of North
Carolina and buy these in the Chicago
markets. Don't waste time husking
corn for cattle and hogs. The time OF
these animals is worth nothing, and
why not let them save you that much
laborp With us at the experiment farm
hogs do better on dry feed and water
afterwards.
CALIFORNIA CROP PROSPECTS.
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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-08
s,ocl1na in the Use of Flags.

The exhibition of 1851, that was to inaugu-
rate the new era of world peace, for the first
time introduced the flag i'll a new character.
Then began the tagging of central avenues
and side courts, the trophies for bazars,
fetes and fancy fairs; and then, too, when the
powerful dramatic faculty OF Dickens for the
first time made theatricals fashionable, then,
too, were seen proscehium and lecture hall,
galleries and columns Haunting with stars and
strires and tricolors, and double headed
agles-in fact, nowadays we have no flag to
speak of in any other than the decorative
shape. II tomorrow we were to tigh1 with
France, we doubt if throughout the whole
campaign one solitary Union would be Wis
ible. Soon there will be TIC more colors hang
ing in cathedral aisles, for nowadays they are
never ventured near the fight-are, indeed,
stored at home long before the fighting begins.
And war. which has so fast been losing its
pomp and pageantry, loses in its color one
feature the more. During the whole Of the
fighting in the Soudan the only touch of bunt-
ing visible was the small red flag carried by
a military policeman after the general. to let
the staff know his whereabouts.-Cornhill
Mapaziue,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-08

- ovce wnscn - ssnos eurrsr.
aaeity and produces . brfliisnt ~. : :. e!so
f e,au'n 1,n A1'th nssI 5sllport j. eighty ni ics
could BE- se n1s;nl Hss r. Edison. balloon Light
oet to an old fisherman one EVENING .na II
2, nun wh.t star It was. Hereplied verv prom no
y thatit was the north star. When d Rps
nun nm, he said he knew better, because I he hsd
ofrsr.d d' 90 hae M, ms boat BY it for weeks. ]
was mistaken and told him il be wouid c w.tns
. oos. s'aT antn 10 O'Clock he would zee it disan-
pear: remembsred having seen tbat Ed;sar
Pou,' us rb e., loo dow down every night 1t that
ut ' h;m o.a fellow accepted my bet and
to watch the star. Sure enough =. 70
o'clock down it went BY eosh., h. 80
who would have thought 1T I have been =
,seerln, my boat by that ere star for months,
a.; s o ,sa tel.ow was 20 excited over it thai /
paad shs BET with good grace, although I had
won lt"-New York Tribune.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-08
The Term "Shop Girl"

Inadvertently l have aroused the thdigna-
ton of a great army of young women who
earn their living by selling goods from be-
hind counters by abiding to them as shop
girls. Thereby l AVE learned some lessons
about the social structure behind the count
ers. l had supposed that IL good old generic
English term, "shop girl" might properly u
applied to every woman who sold goods to q
shopper. 1t seems, however, that the young
women of New York WHO correspond i'll
position to the male counter jumper deem
themselves entitled to be called 'sales ladies'.
and are even offended at the term "sales
woman" In their private vocabulary q
shop girl is one who works in the factories
The term shop girl, however, will probably
still satisfy the great majority OF the people
who believe in plain Anglc-Saxon English
Cor. New York Tribune.